Category: Queensland

2,836 km in 29 days Day 29 Route Map It rained several times last night, but I was in that crappy motel wedged between the railway line and road viaduct, so I was glad I hadn’t camped out.  The weather was still iffy when I set off again early this morning but it cleared up…

2,738 km in 28 days Day 28 Route Map Oh, but this was a bloody hard day!  There appears to be no way – no easy way, anyway, not one that I could find – to actual ride a bicycle into Brisbane from the north!  The only through road, the A1/M1/Bruce Highway bans bicycles and…

2659 km in 27 days of riding Day 27 Route Map Overall, this would have to be the most pleasant day’s riding of the trip so far.  The Bruce Highway certainly was busy and a bit dangerous in places but nice in others.  From Exit 237 to Cooroy was very pleasant indeed, and Tewantin is…

2,545 km in 26 days of riding Day 26 Route Map Wouldn’t you know it! That fierce wind from the north? Well, it turned around last night and blew just as strong from the south!  I battled serious head winds for 3 hours after leaving Hervey Bay at 7.45 and only got 65km battery range,…

Wednesday 16 august Route Map It was still foggy when I left my campsite in the village of Aramara at 7.30am. The road condition was even worse than yesterday’s for the first 20km, but I made good time into Maryborough with only a few scares.  The chain kept coming off too. Into sugarcane country now…

Tuesday August 15 Route Map [Bumpy road with no verge or shoulder.  Scary]. From Gayndah I made easy going to Ban Ban Springs within 2-hours and then on to Biggenden by 12.30, where I had a crappy counter lunch in a pub.  After that, I had a roadside charge-up session for an hour about an…

Monday August 14 Route Map I got away early enough from the truck stop at Mundubbera, proud that I’d persevered to finally fix those troublesome rear tyre punctures for the nth time, and backtracked into town to do some shopping and sightseeing. It’s a nice friendly little town – the ‘mandarin capital’ of Australia –…

Saturday 13 august Route Map I got away from Cracow bright and early at 7.30 and had an enjoyable ride at first, though it seemed mostly uphill for the first 60km.  I reached Eidsvold  (93km) at 12.15 and charged up in town for 2 hours at an RV stopping area.  I wasn’t tempted to stay…